Karl Franzevich Albrecht, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Franzevich Albrecht

German musician

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1807

Place of Birth: Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1863

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Karl Franzevich Albrecht (Russian: ???? ????????? ????????; August 27, 1807 – February 24, 1863) was a German-Russian musician and composer.
He was born in Poznan. Albrecht studied with Joseph Schnabel in Breslau and then worked from 1825 as a violinist in the theater in Breslau and as a conductor in Düsseldorf.
In 1838 he was appointed as conductor of the Opera and the Philharmonic in St.
Petersburg.
Beginning in 1850 he was a singing teacher at the orphanage in Gatchina.
He died in Gatchina in 1863. His son Konstantin Karlovich Albrecht (1836-1893) was a cellist and composer in Moscow. From Karl Albrecht's compositions, a Mass, a ballet and three string quartets have survived.
There are other works by him that are listed as missing.